PHP | zip_entry_name() Function

Last Updated : 25 Jul, 2018

The zip_entry_name() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to return the name of a zip archive entry. The zip entry resource is to be read and sent as a parameter to the zip_entry_name() function and it returns the name of the zip entry archive on Success.

Syntax:

string zip_entry_name( $zip_entry )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $zip_entry which is mandatory. It is used to specify the zip entry resource.

Return Value: It returns the name of a zip archive entry on Success.

Errors And Exceptions:

The zip_entry_name() returns the name of a zip entry archive only on Success otherwise it returns a PHP warning.
The zip_entry_name() function returns an ER_OPEN error if the zip archive is invalid.
The zip_entry_name() function returns an ER_NOZIP error if the zip archive is empty.

Below programs illustrate the zip_entry_name() function in PHP:

Program 1:

Suppose a zip file article.zip contains the following file:
content.xlsx

<?php 
  
// Opening a zip file 
$zip_handle = zip_open("C:/xampp/htdocs/article.zip"); 
  
// Reading a zip entry archive  
$zip_entry = zip_read($zip_handle);  
  
// Reading the name of a zip entry archive 
$file = zip_entry_name($zip_entry); 
echo("File Name: " . $file); 
  
// Closing the zip archive 
zip_close($zip_handle); 
?> 

Output:

File Name: article/content.xlsx

Program 2:

Suppose a zip file article.zip contains following files and directories:

Directory: img

geeksforgeeks.png

geeksforgeeks1.png

content.xlsx
gfg.pdf
image.jpeg

<?php 
  
// Opening a zip file 
$zip_handle = zip_open("C:/xampp/htdocs/article.zip"); 
  
if(is_resource($zip_handle))  
{  
    while($zip_entry = zip_read($zip_handle))  
    {  
        $file = zip_entry_name($zip_entry); 
         
        // Checking the file name of a zip archive entry  
        $file_name = zip_entry_name($zip_entry); 
        echo("File Name: " . $file_name . "<br>"); 
    } 
      
    // closing the zip archive 
   zip_close($zip_handle); 
}  
else
    echo("Zip archive cannot be read."); 
?> 

Output:

File Name: article/content.xlsx
File Name: article/gfg.pdf
File Name: article/image.jpeg
File Name: article/img/
File Name: article/img/geeksforgeeks.png
File Name: article/img/geeksforgeeks1.png

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Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.zip-entry-name.php

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